However, neither the band nor their proud label could have predicted what would happen next. The initial signs were encouraging, with Drowned In Sound’s critique (“11 of the finest songs you’ll hear this year, or any other year”) setting the tone for a raft of positive reviews. The first fruits of the band’s new deal with DreamWorks, Bleed American was released on July 24, 2001, with the standard CD edition augmented by a special vinyl pressing courtesy of Beastie Boys’ Grand Royal label. Not that the band had any control over events… It’s a term that usually relates to the inability to complete a new record, but in the case of Arizona alt-rockers Jimmy Eat World, the problems occurred after they’d issued their third record, Bleed American. Many bands suffer what is widely recognized as “difficult third album” syndrome.
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